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Kazakh authorities must do their utmost to determine the whereabouts and ensure the safety of journalist Tokbergen Abiyev, who has been missing since December 20, the Committee to Protect Journalist read more..

  Wikimedia Foundation works with Kazakh government-linked foundation on their own version of the site   The regime was this month accused of 'growing crackdown on free speech' by Human read more..

Transparency International has published a corruption perceptions index for 2012 in which Uzbekistan ranked 170th among 174 countries, which is only better than Myanmar, Afghanistan, North Korea and read more..

  The Commentator has published an exclusive report about Issam and Devincci Hourani brothers involvement with Palestinian Authority corruption. Issam Hourani is married to Gulshat Aliyeva, a yo read more..

A mother puts her twins, one of whom who was infected with HIV in a Shymkent public hospital, to sleep at their apartment in February 2007. An investigation found that about 150 children had been infe... read more..

As Kazakhstan marked the one-year anniversary of fatal violence in Zhanaozen on December 16, opposition activists gathered in Almaty to lay wreaths to commemorate those who died at the hands of police... read more..

Am Mittwoch den 28. November wurde der maltesische Außenminister Tonio Borg, trotz anhaltender Kritik, zum neuen EU-Gesundheitskommissar ernannt. Angaben zufolge soll sich Tonio Borg, trotz Bedenken ... read more..

  Le ministère public genevois a ouvert une procédure pour blanchiment contre la famille Khrapunov, domiciliée à Genève, a appris la RTS. Confiée au procureur Jean-Bernard Schmid, l\\\'enquête p read more..

Kazakh national who claims he was tortured on Rakhat Aliyev's orders asks magistrate to order Maltese police investigate human rights violations.   Rakhat Aliyev was formerly the son of Kazak... read more..

A series of documents have been uncovered in France that link Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of Uzbek President Islam Karimov, with an Uzbek businessman currently detained in Switzerland as part of a ... read more..

The United States has been quietly deepening relationships in Central Asia, but in the process is embracing two authoritarian, lifetime presidents who don't have great records on human rights. The Sta... read more..

The Kazakh Opposition in Exile is protesting against Switzerland granting political asylum to the former Mayor of Almaty Viktor Khrapunov and his family. Journalistic circles have publicised the fact ... read more..

 Kazakhstan\'s President Nursultan Nazarbayev\'s former son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev – now referred to as Kazakhstan\'s Public Enemy Number One – is facing murder charges over four years after two ba read more..

Imagine that a gigantic corporation privately informs the government that it won an important deal overseas that might have involved the bribery of foreign officials. Journalists discover a confidenti... read more..

The deal which saw Prince Andrew's marital home sold for £3 million more than its asking price is being examined by two international money-laundering investigations.   Prosecutors in Italy a... read more..

The Maltese Authorities say that they do not know that he is in our country.   The victims and persons who are allegedly holding the former high official of the Kazakhstan secret service resp... read more..

A University of Cambridge college has denied it intended to "celebrate" the autocratic president of Kazakhstan after advertisements appeared in the country for a fellowship in his name.   Adv... read more..

Kazakh leader Nursultan Nazarbayev and his son-in-law Timur Kulibyev are facing a lawsuit for laundering at least $436 million, Swiss media reported a lawyer involved in the case as saying on Monday. ... read more..

Staatspräsident Nasarbajew bezeichnete den Sieg seiner Partei Nur Otan als "ehrlich" und von "beispielloser Transparenz". Die Organsation für Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa widerspricht diese... read more..

This is a holiday season the people of Kazakhstan will not soon forget. On Dec. 16 security forces in the western city of Zhanaozen killed and wounded hundreds of unarmed demonstrators, mostly strikin... read more..